The Narendra Modi government is set to substantially ease norms for foreign investment in the construction sector, hoping to drum up interest in the prime minister's plans for 100 smart cities as well his affordable housing initiative

Dubai's booming property market is showing signs that it may be cooling off, industry data showed on Sunday, after two years of soaring prices that had drawn warnings of possible overheating from the International Monetary Fund

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) could be a game changer for the realty sector, but lack of clarity on taxation and regulatory aspects might act as roadblocks for attracting foreign investments in the commercial space

The rapid rise in the stock market since the new government was formed has taken the sheen off real estate, where investments have not only dropped but investors are trying to monetise their existing assets, creating a scare of price correction

Property portal Housing.com is in talks to raise as much as $30 million (about Rs 180 crore) from existing and new investors including Russian venture capitalist Yuri Milner in his personal capacity and Tybourne Capital

The Narendra Modi government is working on a “flexible” PPP (public-private partnership) model and efficient urban mobility schemes such as metro and monorail as the primary peg to realise its ambitious project to develop 100 smart cities

Non-resident Indians invested over $2 billion in Indian real estate in 2013, riding on the back of a weak rupee and heightened promotions by developers to attract them at a time when domestic demand was weak

If you're interested, there is plenty of reason to cheer. State Bank of India and HDFC have brought down home loan rates while Punjab National Bank has cut retail lending rates and waived processing charges

In an exercise aimed at checking blackmoney, economic intelligence agencies have started identifying instances where proceeds from property sale have been suppressed in a bid to defraud the government of revenue from stamp duty

As the Gujarat Housing Board (GHB) conducted draws recently and promised housing units to thousands of people in near future, Shahpur's Prakash Modi is likely to get his deposits back nearly 15 years after he had booked a house in GHB scheme, which was never materialized